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2013 SESSION
13102843DBe it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 15.2-1127 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 15.2-1127. Vacant building registration; penalty.
The Town of Pulaski, in a conservation and rehabilitation
district of the town, and any city, by ordinance, may require the owner or
owners of buildings that have been vacant for a continuous period of 12 months
or more to register such buildings on an annual basis and may impose an annual
registration fee not to exceed $25 $250 to defray the cost of
processing such registration. The registration of buildings shall be on forms
designated by the locality and filed with the agency designated by the
locality. Failure to register shall be a $50 civil penalty; however, failure to
register in conservation and rehabilitation districts designated by the
governing body, or in other areas designated as blighted pursuant to §
36-49.1:1, shall be punishable by a civil penalty not exceeding $250. Notice
shall be mailed to the owner or owners, at the address to which property tax
notices are sent, at least 30 days prior to the assessment of the civil
penalty.